Marion Hosking
Gallery Funaki
May 5 to May 30, 2009

Whether sampling actual fragments of nature, or the forms of material culture derived from nature, Hosking’s work presents glimpses only: tantalisingly close (in terms of the direct casting process) and yet out of reach; somehow translated into a memory, akin to a photograph, or at best a shifting, transient moment – as here found in the glistening, gossamer-like translucency of her silver vessel work. This elusiveness found in Hosking’s work allows us a rare return to the original wonder of nature: recreating something of those formative experiences that are most often lost from conscious memory – such as our first encounter with snow, sight of blossom or glimpse of the ocean. Precious precisely because they are ineffable, these works remind us to cherish that of the natural world that we usually take for granted.

Kit Wise
Head of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art & Design
Monash University

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